Review R7 - Port ate all the Pies
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Between wines and the crouch boys we could break the record for reflex handballs without looking up for better options
- Nov 23, 2018
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Nah Sam Gray just isn’t a forward at AFL level. Can outwork players, but can’t out mark/out body AFL level defenders with any regularity. When confined to the forward 50 his strengths are nearly meaningless, and his weaknesses are hugely exposed.
Karl Amon is also OK, just not at docklands when we are getting smashed in the contest.
Both in the same team might have worked at Subiaco or the MCG but not at Docklands.
Bringing in Amon to improve our disposal would be a good idea if he won his own ball, but it was Boak, SPP, and Wines winning it and turning it over instead of giving it to Karl. Not to criticise Travis too much, as he was our best tonight easily.
Our midfielders shouldn’t have been that pathetic, but we know they are sometimes. We NEED redundancy through the stoppages, especially against ******* Collingwood who will absolutely destroy you if you give their midfielders space.
Atley MUST play now, at least until Robbie is back.
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Review the less experienced players and ... well revue would be best with the rest. There were many comical passages.
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Brodie Grundy is legitimately amazing btw, absolutely owned our ruckman in the air, and was better than most of our midfielders on the ground.
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Add in Jonas's absolute Barry Crocker from a few weeks back and I suspect we may have witnessed two of the worst ever captain's games in the club's 149 year history!
This is about the only thing that got a smile from me ... Rozee snap for Goal
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If there ever was a game that exposed all of our frailties, this was it.
- Nov 6, 2014
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Scary that he could be joining our neighbours next year.
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Oh and Collingwood are a great side to watch but IMO their game is too gameplan based to win a premiership.
We've had a full quota of gameplan based premiers and the law of averages means we probably won't see another for quite some time.
We've had a full quota of gameplan based premiers and the law of averages means we probably won't see another for quite some time.
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Disappointing first quarter, our intensity was just off. Our defence was so slow and reactive, Houston was caught napping and not even in the field of play for one goal, Clurey was giving meters to opponents, etc, and the midfield was getting absoutely destroyed.
BUT....
After that we were competitive, we picked up the intensity and looked ok. Yes it is hollow when you win the last 3 qtrs in a game that's already cooked, but in reality we were pretty competitive. So I'm not really too disappointed. I picked the Pies by around 5 goals, so around 7 goals isn't far off what I realistically expected.
We aren't on Collingwood's level and most realistic fans knew that before the game, and we got taught a lesson early before adjusting and showing that we can compete, even if we are outgunned.
So it's definitely not all negative, however it remains slightly disappointing that we never really gave ourselves a chance. Hopefully it breathes a bit of reality into some of our supporters who were a bit ridiculous with their over confidence throughout the week.
PLayers:
Best: Hard to give Westy a nod as our best after missing so many easy shots, but he and Boak were clearly our best. Burton also had a decent night, while Howard had his moments. Ryder probably had his most influential game due to being in ruck and probably should've started in there, but that early dropped mark was a killer.
Worst: Wines friggin horrible. Drew seems to have fallen away and is due for a SANFL spell now. Rockliff looked just as slow and terrible against a good midfield as he did in Rnd 22 last year V Collingwood when many of us wrote him off. Lycett not horrible, bu thad his worst game for us. Butters a victim of a beaten midfield and very quiet up forward.
BUT....
After that we were competitive, we picked up the intensity and looked ok. Yes it is hollow when you win the last 3 qtrs in a game that's already cooked, but in reality we were pretty competitive. So I'm not really too disappointed. I picked the Pies by around 5 goals, so around 7 goals isn't far off what I realistically expected.
We aren't on Collingwood's level and most realistic fans knew that before the game, and we got taught a lesson early before adjusting and showing that we can compete, even if we are outgunned.
So it's definitely not all negative, however it remains slightly disappointing that we never really gave ourselves a chance. Hopefully it breathes a bit of reality into some of our supporters who were a bit ridiculous with their over confidence throughout the week.
PLayers:
Best: Hard to give Westy a nod as our best after missing so many easy shots, but he and Boak were clearly our best. Burton also had a decent night, while Howard had his moments. Ryder probably had his most influential game due to being in ruck and probably should've started in there, but that early dropped mark was a killer.
Worst: Wines friggin horrible. Drew seems to have fallen away and is due for a SANFL spell now. Rockliff looked just as slow and terrible against a good midfield as he did in Rnd 22 last year V Collingwood when many of us wrote him off. Lycett not horrible, bu thad his worst game for us. Butters a victim of a beaten midfield and very quiet up forward.
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Powell pepper was one of the few shining lights. Drew started slow but was one of the better players. Marshall was given a bath. He had 0 presence. Thought that we needed that loss. We really shouldn't be too disappointed. Collingwood just know how to play another level. Was a great learning experience for the boys.
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Yup
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Actually good to see Wines down on the chair tonight. A time for him to grow as a man.
